Moshe Feldenkrais has become recognized as one of the most important recent innovators in the fields of bodywork, physical therapy and healing. The modeling tools of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) provide a way to gain insight into the mental processes that guided Feldenkrais’ gifted hands.

In May 1988 the authors conducted a modeling project to identify the strategies and beliefs of four vital and active elderly Dutch people. This article is a description of this project and its results.